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Jack Finney

1911 - 1995

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Walter Braden "Jack" Finney (born John Finney; October 2, 1911 – November 14, 1995) was an American writer. His best-known works are science fiction and thrillers, including The Body Snatchers and Time and Again. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jack Finney has received more than 484,275 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Jack Finney is the 5,113th most popular writer (down from 4,797th in 2019), the 7,265th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,010th in 2019) and the 572nd most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 480k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.32

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.89

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.28

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jack Finney ranks 5,113 out of 7,302. Before him are Kjartan Fløgstad, Kiki Dimoula, Alan Dean Foster, Rafael Cadenas, György Faludy, and Salma Khadra Jayyusi. After him are Takeshi Shudo, Anton Buttigieg, Dashdorjiin Natsagdorj, Stanislav Stratiev, Jonathan Stroud, and Frank Norris.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Jack Finney ranks 282. Before him are Gypsy Rose Lee, István Énekes, Bibi Torriani, Frederick Seitz, Michel Pécheux, and Bas Paauwe. After him are Sakari Tuomioja, Sufia Kamal, Armandinho, Enric Valor i Vives, Ronnie Rooke, and Pritilata Waddedar. Among people deceased in 1995, Jack Finney ranks 236. Before him are Elisha Cook Jr., Fabio Casartelli, Robert Parrish, Víctor Ugarte, Reinhard Furrer, and Riccardo Carapellese. After him are Nida Senff, Élie Bayol, Julio Caro Baroja, Margita Figuli, Nicolás Lindley López, and Edmondo Fabbri.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jack Finney ranks 7,265 out of 20,380. Before him are Alan Dean Foster (1946), Jimmy Kimmel (1967), Vic Damone (1928), Oscar Pettiford (1922), Clyfford Still (1904), and Paul R. Ehrlich (1932). After him are Kathryn Grayson (1922), Molly Ringwald (1968), Vikki Carr (1941), Maynard James Keenan (1964), June Gable (1945), and Joel Roberts Poinsett (1779).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Jack Finney ranks 572. Before him are Michael Cristofer (1945), Stephen Hunter (1946), Elaine May (1932), David Belasco (1853), John O'Hara (1905), and Alan Dean Foster (1946). After him are Frank Norris (1870), Joel Chandler Harris (1848), Warren Farrell (1943), Patrick Rothfuss (1973), Louella Parsons (1881), and Walter M. Miller Jr. (1923).

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